Lytocarpia myriophyllum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lytocarpia myriophyllum

Description: This species has tall, feather like, upright colonies with unbranched main stems which bear straight side branches in rows on almost opposite sides of the top half of the stem. The colony is v-shaped in cross section, with the polyps all facing into the v. Several bract-like structures arise at regular intervals along the main stem. The reproductive polyps are borne on modified side branches, scattered at intervals up the colony. Groups of upright stems usually occur together, presumably joined by a basal stolon. Typically 30-40 cm in height, side branches 20mm.